Looking for help with today's NYT Mini Crossword puzzle? Here are some hints and answers for the ... [+] puzzle.Credit: NYTIn case you missed Tuesdays NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you can find the answers here:Welcome back, crosswordians! Its another lovely winter Wednesday and we have a crossword puzzle to solve, so lets get right to it!The NYT Mini is a smaller, quicker, more digestible, bite-sized version of the larger and more challenging NYT Crossword, and unlike its larger sibling, its free-to-play without a subscription to The New York Times. You can play it on the web or the app, though youll need the app to tackle the archive.Answers to todays Mini Crossword below . . . .Spoilers ahead!MORE FOR YOUACROSS1- Material made by melting sand GLASS6- It's to your left when facing the sunrise NORTH7- One in a cast ACTOR8- Say "This isn't fair!," say ACTOR9- Look for SEEKDOWN1- Chew like a beaver GNAW2- Scottish bodies of water LOCHS3- "The Sopranos" restauranteur ARTIE4- Object slid across a curling rink STONE5- He tells Donkey "Ogres are like onions" SHREKToday's MiniScreenshot: Erik KainThis was a bit of a tricky Mini, though I pretty quickly got the first couple of ACROSS wordsGLASS and NORTH. I guessed WHINE next and then went for some DOWNs. SHREK was simply enough, and from here everything fell into place...in 1:14.How did you do? Let me know on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.If you also play Wordle, I write guides about that as well. You can find those and all my TV guides, reviews and much more here on my blog. Thanks for reading!